Every thing's so new and exciting when you're three years old...
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Thursday, February 28, 2008
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Inter-Way Arnival-Cay 008-2ay
I don't want my pictures with smart-ass comments to come up if anyone Googles "winter carnival 2008" hence the lame title. Here we go.
While I was extremely disappointed that the Shriners weren't cruising around in silly little cars, it was a nice trade off to have an anthropomorphized fez instead.
I'm not really sure what's up with having a giant, creepy, insect-like Dorothy for the Wizard Of Oz walkers (float? display? dumbasses?). Did that happen during the poppy field scene? Picture yourself in a boat on a river, tangerine trees and marmalade skies.
Here we have permanently surprised, passive agressive Buzz Lightyear. I'm pretty sure that there was some form of dwarf bottled up inside of this costume, and that I and the people responsible for this monstrosity will probably be sued by Disney for posting surprised, passive aggressive Buzz Lightyear's picture here.
I'd like to believe that this man is dressed up like Eric Cartman. Really I would. But individuals with this type of appearance and eating habits are such a common sight in the Adirondacks that I'm reasonably certain that this fellow just staggered out of one of the nearby swill vendors and joined the parade.
Anorexic ninja turtles? That's not as bad as somebody dressing up like Towely. that's right Towely. As in "Anybody wanna get high?" Towely. At a family event. That's how we spell class in the tri-lakes, folks.
The theme was "Hooray For Hollywood." I think that this person was dressed up as the kind of guy that would sneak onto a lot and hang around a starlets trailer trying to score with a celebrity back in the 60's. I took this picture, though, because so many of these people in costumes would come over and hug any kid that would let them, and as you can see with the little boy in this picture, the kids were obliging but clearly not enthused to be groped by strangers.
My buddy Frank as Charlie Chaplin. Say, is that woman in the fur coat in the background scoring some crack?
This was an ambitious costume. Not only did they make a Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man costume, but they chose to make it of the exact moment in Ghostbusters when the proton packs had him pretty well melted just prior to exploding.
I think this is Slimer. Although I once had a nightmare that took place in a BDSM dungeon (don't ask) and there were people that looked like this running around.
This year's ice palace. It was the biggest they had constructed in the four year's we've been here, but sadly, no frozen pike this year.
I've been telling myself for the last two weeks that this is really a picture I took of the fortress of solitude, and not just a worm's-eye-view of the pyramid out front.
Yeah, Connor wouldn't look at the camera.
Winter Carnival also means time for the annual Snow Rugby game. Which is fun. Ish.
That's how you do that. That is how you do that. (Notice the Carnival Queen - or three wise men - or whatever the hell that is, at the top pf the picture?)
Tackling and getting tackled, or otherwise winding up in the cold, cold snow really sucked.
Cindy thinks that it looks like I'm checking out this ladies boobs. I think that the reality is that I'm getting ready to blow a snot-rocket, but it's awesome that I'm married to a lovely lady that's cool enough to make a joke like that!
I'd like to end by ranting about how shitty and far behind the times Blogger and especially Flickr have become. If I drag and drop photos, it makes any kind of formatting, order, or coherence impossible. And at Flickr, I have to click on a pic, see different sizes, maybe pick a different size (lately, always pick a different size - maybe I need to adjust that), then copy and paste. Why can't they just give "embed" as an option with the picture in my photostream, kind of like YouTube does with a video as soon as you click it? Rant rant.
While I was extremely disappointed that the Shriners weren't cruising around in silly little cars, it was a nice trade off to have an anthropomorphized fez instead.
I'm not really sure what's up with having a giant, creepy, insect-like Dorothy for the Wizard Of Oz walkers (float? display? dumbasses?). Did that happen during the poppy field scene? Picture yourself in a boat on a river, tangerine trees and marmalade skies.
Here we have permanently surprised, passive agressive Buzz Lightyear. I'm pretty sure that there was some form of dwarf bottled up inside of this costume, and that I and the people responsible for this monstrosity will probably be sued by Disney for posting surprised, passive aggressive Buzz Lightyear's picture here.
I'd like to believe that this man is dressed up like Eric Cartman. Really I would. But individuals with this type of appearance and eating habits are such a common sight in the Adirondacks that I'm reasonably certain that this fellow just staggered out of one of the nearby swill vendors and joined the parade.
Anorexic ninja turtles? That's not as bad as somebody dressing up like Towely. that's right Towely. As in "Anybody wanna get high?" Towely. At a family event. That's how we spell class in the tri-lakes, folks.
The theme was "Hooray For Hollywood." I think that this person was dressed up as the kind of guy that would sneak onto a lot and hang around a starlets trailer trying to score with a celebrity back in the 60's. I took this picture, though, because so many of these people in costumes would come over and hug any kid that would let them, and as you can see with the little boy in this picture, the kids were obliging but clearly not enthused to be groped by strangers.
My buddy Frank as Charlie Chaplin. Say, is that woman in the fur coat in the background scoring some crack?
This was an ambitious costume. Not only did they make a Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man costume, but they chose to make it of the exact moment in Ghostbusters when the proton packs had him pretty well melted just prior to exploding.
I think this is Slimer. Although I once had a nightmare that took place in a BDSM dungeon (don't ask) and there were people that looked like this running around.
This year's ice palace. It was the biggest they had constructed in the four year's we've been here, but sadly, no frozen pike this year.
I've been telling myself for the last two weeks that this is really a picture I took of the fortress of solitude, and not just a worm's-eye-view of the pyramid out front.
Yeah, Connor wouldn't look at the camera.
Winter Carnival also means time for the annual Snow Rugby game. Which is fun. Ish.
That's how you do that. That is how you do that. (Notice the Carnival Queen - or three wise men - or whatever the hell that is, at the top pf the picture?)
Tackling and getting tackled, or otherwise winding up in the cold, cold snow really sucked.
Cindy thinks that it looks like I'm checking out this ladies boobs. I think that the reality is that I'm getting ready to blow a snot-rocket, but it's awesome that I'm married to a lovely lady that's cool enough to make a joke like that!
I'd like to end by ranting about how shitty and far behind the times Blogger and especially Flickr have become. If I drag and drop photos, it makes any kind of formatting, order, or coherence impossible. And at Flickr, I have to click on a pic, see different sizes, maybe pick a different size (lately, always pick a different size - maybe I need to adjust that), then copy and paste. Why can't they just give "embed" as an option with the picture in my photostream, kind of like YouTube does with a video as soon as you click it? Rant rant.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
IO
Edit: Link fixed?
I have been championing the merits of this commercial to Cindy for months.
I can't decide if it's the earnestness that all of the actors exhibit, the fact that it must have near MTV level production costs, or what (being catchy doesn't hurt, either), but I think it's probably about the best commercial I've ever seen. And now that it's been YouTubed, I can share it with the rest of you (or maybe it plays in Seattle now, too, I wouldn't know - I think I've only seen it on our "local" NYC channel back here).
Also, check this out.
More to follow...
I have been championing the merits of this commercial to Cindy for months.
I can't decide if it's the earnestness that all of the actors exhibit, the fact that it must have near MTV level production costs, or what (being catchy doesn't hurt, either), but I think it's probably about the best commercial I've ever seen. And now that it's been YouTubed, I can share it with the rest of you (or maybe it plays in Seattle now, too, I wouldn't know - I think I've only seen it on our "local" NYC channel back here).
Also, check this out.
More to follow...
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Just Look At The Pictures, And Shut Yer Frikkin' Pie Hole!
But first, Bryan and James, read this and then literally laugh out loud once you get to the guys name. Don't forget to read the comments, either.
Don't waste your time with it if it's only Regular Lucky Elephant strength. Spend the extra $0.07 and upgrade to the SUPER Lucky Elephant strength rice.
I've got some video of the little whippersnapper at bath-time too, but I'm hesitant to YouTube it as it's probably got little kid's bidness on it and I don't need to have the cops knocking on my door for some stuff like that...
Connor, too, is a big fan of personal hygiene. I think that this is his favorite past-time right now. He's always telling me he needs to clip his nails. Gee-Whiz.
He's also growing up too damn fast. I think that this was probably about the last time he'll wear footed pajamas. It's really a weird thing for me to talk to him sometimes when it seems like just yesterday the doctors were pulling him out of my wife.
This picture should make my dad proud. I really nee to figure out my camera settings - I think that a few of these pictures are grainy because I had the film speed cranked way up so that pictures of Connor and Ethan didn't come out as multi-colored blurs.
I didn't realize how blurry this thing was until I viewed it full size just now. Anyhow, after a trip to Sam's club, we came into the kitchen and saw that a house had been built there. I have no idea why a bottle of brown liquor got incorporated into the architecture.
How does he get off looking so innocent like that. Some nerve!
We've had some fun weather this winter. We had a huge thaw in January. A week or so ago we had an ice storm that left everything encased in ice and also made my drive to and from work a whole lot of fun.
We've also got lots of snow, but it's all good. As you can see, Connor keeps the driveway shoveled for me.
I'm getting bored with digging out of order pictures off of Flickr. But hey, gang, next time I'm on the internets, I'll throw out my own SARANAC LAKE WINTER CARNIVAL™© experiences, with pictures.
In the meantime, anybody who isn't offended by profanity, and does get a big kick out of angry people with Boston accents, should watch this:
Way to go, there, blogger, way to screw up the formatting in the last paragraph there so that I look like a moron.
Don't waste your time with it if it's only Regular Lucky Elephant strength. Spend the extra $0.07 and upgrade to the SUPER Lucky Elephant strength rice.
I've got some video of the little whippersnapper at bath-time too, but I'm hesitant to YouTube it as it's probably got little kid's bidness on it and I don't need to have the cops knocking on my door for some stuff like that...
Connor, too, is a big fan of personal hygiene. I think that this is his favorite past-time right now. He's always telling me he needs to clip his nails. Gee-Whiz.
He's also growing up too damn fast. I think that this was probably about the last time he'll wear footed pajamas. It's really a weird thing for me to talk to him sometimes when it seems like just yesterday the doctors were pulling him out of my wife.
This picture should make my dad proud. I really nee to figure out my camera settings - I think that a few of these pictures are grainy because I had the film speed cranked way up so that pictures of Connor and Ethan didn't come out as multi-colored blurs.
I didn't realize how blurry this thing was until I viewed it full size just now. Anyhow, after a trip to Sam's club, we came into the kitchen and saw that a house had been built there. I have no idea why a bottle of brown liquor got incorporated into the architecture.
How does he get off looking so innocent like that. Some nerve!
We've had some fun weather this winter. We had a huge thaw in January. A week or so ago we had an ice storm that left everything encased in ice and also made my drive to and from work a whole lot of fun.
We've also got lots of snow, but it's all good. As you can see, Connor keeps the driveway shoveled for me.
I'm getting bored with digging out of order pictures off of Flickr. But hey, gang, next time I'm on the internets, I'll throw out my own SARANAC LAKE WINTER CARNIVAL™© experiences, with pictures.
In the meantime, anybody who isn't offended by profanity, and does get a big kick out of angry people with Boston accents, should watch this:
Way to go, there, blogger, way to screw up the formatting in the last paragraph there so that I look like a moron.
Thursday, February 07, 2008
Moonwalker
Ethan doing what any kid does when there's a nice stretch of ice around. I'd really love to be able to edit this so that instead of the car you hear "Beat It" playing while he's dancing. Also and unfortunately, titling this video the way that I did brings it up along with figure skating videos. Great.
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
Something Short
I've got many pictures, and a few videos, but I'm feeling lazy so I won't Flickr or YouTube until tomorrow...Or maybe Thursday when I actually have an appointment on the books and will therefore be at a computer for most of the day.
Three weeks or so ago, Cindy and I actually got to get out of the house and away from the kids for a few hours, to go to the Full Moon Cross Country Ski Party. We rendezvoused with my buddy Frank first, shown here in his best sleaze-peddler pose. I left this baby blown up full size so anyone who chances upon it can bask in the awesomeness.
There's an unwritten rule (just kidding, but not really) that anyone who stops by Frank's place is supposed to be photographed wearing the chicken mask. Here's me. Buck buck buck buck. It think that it kind of looks like I'm at some creepy costume disco.
The full moon party. How I managed to date/marry above my numerical rank is still a mystery to me.
Yeah. he just looks like he's sorry that he keeps us up half the night screaming and squawking.
It's nice that, even in the middle of a Northern New York winter Cindy still has a nice olive complexion. Because it's not like it makes the boys and all look even paler in comparison or anything.
Three weeks or so ago, Cindy and I actually got to get out of the house and away from the kids for a few hours, to go to the Full Moon Cross Country Ski Party. We rendezvoused with my buddy Frank first, shown here in his best sleaze-peddler pose. I left this baby blown up full size so anyone who chances upon it can bask in the awesomeness.
There's an unwritten rule (just kidding, but not really) that anyone who stops by Frank's place is supposed to be photographed wearing the chicken mask. Here's me. Buck buck buck buck. It think that it kind of looks like I'm at some creepy costume disco.
The full moon party. How I managed to date/marry above my numerical rank is still a mystery to me.
Yeah. he just looks like he's sorry that he keeps us up half the night screaming and squawking.
It's nice that, even in the middle of a Northern New York winter Cindy still has a nice olive complexion. Because it's not like it makes the boys and all look even paler in comparison or anything.
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